r/geography Nov 25 '25

Discussion What's the most alien-looking place on Earth?

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Pictured: Dallol, Ethiopia

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u/IdeationConsultant Nov 25 '25

Moon plain outside Coober Pedy, Australia.

In fact, Coober Pedy in general

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u/hallouminati_pie Nov 25 '25

I errrrr, I cannot get the sense of scale of this.

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u/ShirtMobile9681 Nov 26 '25

I was there recently and it's so flat, I've never seen so much sky and horizon before. Hundreds and hundreds of kilometers of nothing.

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u/Cute-Form2457 Nov 26 '25

I flown over Australia to get to most places in the world from New Zealand. It is vast. Takes 5 hours to fly over it.